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SEED Final Competition and Award Ceremony - Agenda

April 23, 2010 (Friday) - Shanghai

Time

Title/Description

Speakers/Presenters

08:00 - 08:30

Registration and Refreshments

 

08:30 - 08:40

Welcome Remarks

Greg B. Scott - President & Founder, ChinaBio® LLC

08:40 - 08:55

SEED Business Plan Presentations

Scott Zheng, MBA - CEO, Gene Motor Biological Technology Corporation Ltd.

08:55 - 09:10

Shengzhao Lin, PhD, MBA - General Manager, Wuxi Baijin Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

09:10 - 09:25

Xingyi Hang, PhD - Team Leader, GenePoint Technology

09:25 - 09:40

Karan Yang, MBA - CEO & President, AcmeMed Technology Co., Ltd.

09:40 - 09:55

Josen Ma, PhD - Founder & President, Pharminova Biotech Co., Ltd.

09:55 - 10:10

Xiaoli Yu, MSc - Cardiovascular Surgeon, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

10:10 - 10:25

Danhui Wang, MBA - Head of Venture Strategy and Business Development, Beijing YJ Biotechnology, Inc.

10:25 - 10:40

Break and Refreshments

 

10:40 - 10:55

SEED Business Plan Presentations

Bai Xu, PhD - President & CEO, Suzhou Natong Nanobiotechnology Co., Ltd.

10:55 - 11:10

Tuo (Tom) Jin, PhD - President, BioPharm Solutions, Inc.

11:10 - 11:25

Lifeng Qi, PhD - Chairman & CEO, Nanomics Biopharm Co., Ltd.

11:25 - 11:40

Guangtian Chen, PhD - Co-founder & Vice President, Linden Biotech Inc.

11:40 - 11:55

Yuqiang Wang, PhD - CEO & President, Magpie Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

11:55 - 12:10

Yong Zheng, PhD - Team Leader, ImTec Therapeutics

12:10 - 12:25

Thomas Leung, PhD - Associate Professor & Director, The Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

12:25 - 13:30

Luncheon

 

13:30 - 14:00

My Story and Tanox Story

In this talk with the young entrepreneurs, Dr. Nancy Chang will talk about her journey in life, her story of making choices. Starting from her decision to pursue a career in biology and medicine, she will share her experience, determination and vision to develop Xolair, a breakthrough new drug to treat allergy and asthma and build Tanox into a successful well-known biotech company in the US. Dr. Chang will also share her value and her inspiring view on the balance of life.

Nancy T. Chang, PhD - Chairman & Senior Managing Director, OrbiMed Asia

14:00 - 14:30

Extending Innovation Network - the Roche Approach

Life science start ups have made significant contributions to biomedical innovations. Roche has a proven track record in working with the entrepreneurs and investors to build creative and win-win alliances. Pharma Partnering Asia will continue to strengthen relationship and build collaborations with the local life science entrepreneurs in initiatives like SEED to further accelerate the growth of the Chinese biopharma industry.

Joseph S. McCracken, DVM - Head of Pharma Partnering Asia, Roche Global Pharma Partnering

14:30 - 15:00

Shifting Centers of Innovation - Lessons for Building A Innovation Based Life Science Industry in China

This talk will look at the past and future challenges of innovation at geographic/cluster level, and discuss implications for China as it scales up its effort to build an innovation based life science industry.

Rajesh Parekh, PhD - Director, Head of Asia Healthcare Practice, McKinsey & Company

15:00 - 16:00

SEED Competition Award Ceremony

 

16:00 - 18:00

SEED Competition Reception